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Keep Not Silent. 17 February 2018. 2:30 pm.

Israel: The current Chief Rabbi in
Jerusalem has described homosexuality as “an abomination”,
declaring that “[t]he Torah says it is punishable by death”.

Keep Not Silent / את
שאהבה נפשי(Dir. Ilil Alexander, 2005)

Hebrew with English Subtitles

Documentary

=Clandestine meetings,
community, defiance.=

While LGBT equality and
protection are now enshrined in Israeli law, the leaders of Orthodox
Judaism are adamant that the only answer to homosexuality is
self-repression. Many Orthodox Jewish women who love other women have
tried to follow the rules, but some have begun to organise secretly
and fight for recognition